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Jianlin Li

ORNL

Biography

Jianlin Li is a R&D Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He is a material scientist by training holding a Ph.D. on Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida, one M.S. and two B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China. Jianlin joined ORNL as a postdoctoral research associate in 2009 and became a staff scientist in 2012. His research has been focused on 1) Development of materials for membrane reactors and their application; 2) development of novel processing technique to roll-to-roll manufacturing of battery electrodes, supercapacitors, sensors, and fuel cells; 3) quality control in roll-to-roll manufacturing, 4) battery design and assembly and 5) material characterization.

Jianlin is a key scientist at the DOE Battery Manufacturing R&D Facility (BMF) which is one of the nation’s largest open access battery R&D facilities and the key processing facility of Vehicle Technology Office (VTO). He has authored >50 peer-reviewed articles, 2 book chapters, 2 patents including 3 pending, and >70 presentations. He also won multiple awards including 2 R&D 100 awards in 2013 and 2016 and another one as the finalist in 2016, Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Excellence in Technology Transfer Award in 2014, and ORNL Significant Event Award in 2013.